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US6840524B2ExpiredUtilityPatentIndex 80

Scooter having reciprocating pedals

Assignee: LIAO HSIN CHENGPriority: Feb 3, 2003Filed: Feb 3, 2003Granted: Jan 11, 2005
Est. expiryFeb 3, 2023(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:YU HUI-NAN
B62K 3/002B62M 1/30
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PatentIndex Score
15
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21
References
5
Claims

Abstract

A scooter includes a body having four pulleys at four corners of the body. A wire reeves through the pulleys. A head tube is connected to the body, and a handlebar stem with a front wheel rotatably extends through the head tube. A rear wheel is connected to the rear part. Two pedals are fixedly connected to the wire, and toothed belts extend through the pedals. Each pedal has two wheel sets. Each wheel set has a shaft on which a one-way bearing is mounted. A gear is connected on the the one-way bearing and is engaged with the toothed belts. Wheels of the wheel sets contact the ground, and the scooter moves by reciprocally shifting the pedals on the toothed belts.

Claims

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1. A scooter comprising:
 a body having a connection bar connected to a front end thereof, a head tube connected to the connection bar, a handlebar stem rotatably extending through the head tube, a front wheel connected to a lower end of the handlebar stem, a handlebar connected to a top end of the handlebar stem, a rear wheel connected to a rear end of the body, four pulleys connected to the body, a wire reeving through the pulleys, two toothed belts connected to the body and located above the wire, and  
 two pedals fixedly connected to the wire, with each pedal having two wheel sets and each wheel set having a shaft, a one-way bearing mounted to each of the shafts and connected to a gear on the shaft, and two wheels connected at two ends of each shaft, with the gears of the two wheel sets engaged with the toothed belts.  
 
   
   
     2. The scooter as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the body includes a central frame, a front part and a rear part respectively connected to two ends of the central frame, each of the front part and the rear part having two of the four pulleys on two ends thereof, with the central frame located between the two pedals. 
   
   
     3. The scooter as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein each pedal includes a base and a top part which is mounted on the base, with each toothed belt extending between the base and the top part, and two pressing rollers connected to an under side of each top part so as to press on a top plain surface of each of the toothed belts. 
   
   
     4. The scooter as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein a positioning strip is connected to a top of each of the top parts. 
   
   
     5. The scooter as claimed in  claim 3  further comprising four slots defined through each of the bases so that the wheels extend through the slots and are adapted to contact the ground.

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